LUCRETIA DONATI HOPI PRINTS

Unusual Hopi photographs circa 1945. Artistic treatment of subjects by photographer Lucretia Donati. Signed photograph from this lot of three pictures by Donati sold for $80.00 on eBay February 8, 2002.

Images are printed on double weight silver bromide paper and is sepia toned. Sizes approximately 11 x 14 inches. Photographs are untrimmed.

In 1916 the Hopi banned photography on the reservation. Although the ban has since been lifted, photographs of Hopi subjects were rare at the time this picture was taken. Third photograph from this lot (sold) had signature imbedded in print.